Boxing at the 1975 Pan American Games

The Men's Boxing Tournament
Amateur boxing
Amateur boxing is practised at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sponsored by amateur boxing associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration and fighters wear head protection, so this type of competition prizes point-scoring rather...

at the 1975 Pan American Games
1975 Pan American Games
The 7th Pan American Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26, 1975, exactly twenty years after the 2nd Pan American Games were held there...

was held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26.

Medal winners

Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms)	Jorge Hernández Cuba	Miguel Mercedes Dominican Republic	Reinaldo Becerra Venezuela Arturo Urruzquieta Mexico
Flyweight (– 51 kilograms)	Ramon Duvalon Ramón Duvalón Ramón Duvalón is a retired boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the silver medal in the flyweight division after being defeated in the final by US-boxer Leo Randolph... Venezuela	Victor Vinuesa Ecuador	Roberto Espinosa El Salvador Alfredo Pérez Alfredo Pérez Alfredo Pérez is a retired Venezuelan boxer. He competed for his South American nation at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There, he was defeated in the Men's Flyweight division by Poland's eventual bronze medal winner Leszek Błażyński... Venezuela
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms)	Orlando Martínez Orlando Martínez Orlando Martínez is a former bantamweight boxer from Cuba, who won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Three years later he captured the gold at the 1975 Pan American Games... Cuba	Bernard Taylor Bernard Taylor (boxer) Bernard Taylor "The B.T. Express" is a retired boxer from the United States, who competed in the featherweight division.-Amateur career:... United States	Alejandro Silva Puerto Rico Angel Pacheco Ángel Pacheco Ángel Pacheco , was an Argentine military officer trained by José de San Martín who later became one of the top commanders in the Confederacy during the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas... Venezuela
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms)	Davey Armstrong Davey Armstrong Davey Lee Armstrong is a retired boxer from the United States.-Amateur career:Armstrong began boxing at the Tacoma Boys Club, along with future world champions Rocky Lockridge and Johnny Bumphus, as well as 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist Sugar Ray Seales.Armstrong represented the USA at the 1972... United States	Genovefo Grinan Cuba	Hugo Rengifo Venezuela Carlos Calderón Carlos Calderón (boxer) Carlos Calderon is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico, who competed in the featherweight category.... Puerto Rico
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms)	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (boxer) Chris Clarke is a retired boxer from Canada, who won the gold medal in the men's lightweight division at the 1975 Pan American Games... Canada	Aaron Pryor Aaron Pryor Aaron Pryor is a former boxer from Cincinnati, Ohio, and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He is the former world Junior Welterweight champion, and regarded as one of the greatest fighters in the history of the weight class.-Amateur career:Pryor, nicknamed The Hawk, had a record of... United States	Odalis Perez Venezuela Luis Echaide Cuba
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms)	Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard is an American retired professional boxer and occasional actor. He was named Ray Charles Leonard, after his mother's favorite singer, Ray Charles... United States	Victor Corona Cuba	Jesus Navas Venezuela Jesus Marte Dominican Republic
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms)	Clinton Jackson Clinton Jackson Clint Jackson is a former American boxer, who competed on behalf of the U.S. in the 1976 Summer Olympics.-Amateur highlights:*1974 National AAU Welterweight Champion... United States	Kenneth Bristol Guyana	Pedro Gamarro Pedro Gamarro Pedro Gamarro is a retired boxer from Venezuela. He represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There, he won the silver medal in the welterweight division after having lost to Jochen Bachfeld of East Germany in the final. Gamarro's medal was the only one won... Venezuela Emilio Correa Cuba
Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms)	Rolando Garbey Rolando Garbey Rolando Garbey Garbey is a Cuban boxer. He competed in the Light Middleweight category. He won an Olympic silver medal in 1968 and a bronze medal in 1976. In 1974, at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba, he won the world title... Cuba	Michael Prevost Michael Prevost Michael Prevost is retired from amateur boxer, who represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he was disqualified in his first fight by an Australian referee... Canada	Alfredo Lemus Venezuela Charles Walker United States
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms)	Alejandro Montoya Cuba	Fernando Martins Brazil	Nicolas Arredondo Mexico Idelfonso Gomez Nicaragua
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms)	Rene Pedroso Cuba	Leon Spinks Leon Spinks Leon Spinks is a former American boxer. He had an overall record of 26 wins, 17 losses and 3 draws as a professional, with 14 knockout wins, and was the former World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association heavyweight champion of the world... United States	João Batista João Batista Casemiro Marques João Batista Casemiro Marques is a Brazilian-Turkish footballer player for Mersin İdmanyurdu.-Career:He also played for Gaziantepspor, Galatasaray, Konyaspor in Turkey and Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine.-Personal:... Brazil Juan Suarez Argentina
Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms)	Teófilo Stevenson Teófilo Stevenson Teófilo Stevenson Lawrence or Teófilo Stevenson is a former Cuban amateur boxer. He is one of the only three boxers to win three Olympic gold medals, alongside Hungarian László Papp and fellow Cuban Félix Savón.... Cuba	Michael Dokes Michael Dokes Michael Marshall Dokes is a former American boxer in the heavyweight division, nicknamed "Dynamite."-Amateur career:... United States	Trevor Berbick Trevor Berbick Trevor Berbick was a Jamaican-Canadian heavyweight boxer who fought as a professional from 1976 until 2000. Berbick briefly held the WBC heavyweight championship in 1986 , before losing it to 20-year old Mike Tyson, via 2nd-round TKO... Jamaica Jair de Campos Brazil

Medal table

1	Cuba Cuba The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...	7	2	2	11
2	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	3	4	1	8
3	Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	1	1	0	2
4	Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	0	1	2	3
5	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...	0	1	1	2
6	Ecuador Ecuador Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...	0	1	0	1
–	Guyana Guyana Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...	0	1	0	1
8	Venezuela Venezuela Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...	0	0	8	8
9	Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...	0	0	2	2
–	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...	0	0	2	2
11	El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...	0	0	1	1
–	Nicaragua Nicaragua Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...	0	0	1	1
–	Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...	0	0	1	1
–	Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...	0	0	1	1

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